Re: FB small carrier construction

At 05:55 PM 9/13/99 -0400, you wrote:
>On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Roger Books wrote:
>
>> On 13-Sep-99 at 16:03, Ryan M Gill (monty@arcadia.turner.com) wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure about the "can't do much else" either.	Try my latest
>> micro-carrier:
>
>Well your CVM is more a CVE. but note, you have sacrificed toughness
for 
>some extra punch. Probably not a bad stop gap, but I'd expect it to die

>pretty quick in a battle with 12 damage points and a weak hull. 
>
>Still it fills a niche that is hard to fill with a cruiser and a CVL. 

Most "micro-carriers" are usually not intended to get within spitting
distance of a beam-fight. :)  In fact, if you pattern your carriers in a
manner similar to current modern fleet doctrine, *none* of your carriers
are supposed to be in a ship to ship firefight.  They launch and stand
off
while the other ships with "real" armaments run to the engagement.

Most of my K'rathri carrier designs are based on this "launch & stand
off"
philosophy.  What  armaments they do have tends to be defensive in
nature.
I do have a "Patrol Carrier" that's a cross between a Heavy Cruiser and
an
Escort Carrier, but it weighs in at the Dreadnought level.

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[CVS] Sa'kakh class Scout Carrier
A small "true carrier" designed to accompany Heavy Cruiser groups.

TMV:64, NPV:216(*), Thrust 6, 13 DP, 4 CF
2:Fighter Bay, 3:PDS, S1, A2

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[CVE] Sa'krekh class Escort Carrier
Designed for use with Battlecruiser groups.

TMV:114, NPV:388(*), Thrust 6, 23 DP, 6 CF
3:Fighter Bay, 1:Class 2 (6-arc), 2:Class 1, 2:FiCon, 4:PDS, S1, A2

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[CVL] Siv'kathri class Light Fleet Carrier
Designed for use with Battleship/BattleDreadnought groups.

TMV:154, NPV:533(*), Thrust 4, 31 DP, 8 CF
4:Fighter Bay, 2:Class 2 (6-arc), 4:Class 1, 2:FiCon, 6:PDS, S2, A8

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[CVA] Sri'mekh class Attack Carrier
A "traditional Full Thrust" style of Heavy Fleet Carrier

TMV:274, NPV:928(*), Thrust 4, 82 DP, 14 CF
6:Fighter Bay, 1:PTorp (3-arc, F), 2:Class 3 (3-arc, FP/FS), 
2:Class 2 (6-arc), 2:Class 1, 4:FiCon, 6:PDS, S1, A8

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[CVH] Siv'kartra class Fleet Carrier
A "true Fleet Carrier" not intended for the wall of battle.

TMV:284, NPV:982(*), Thrust 4, 57 DP, 15 CF
8:Fighter Bay, 2:Class 2 (6-arc), 2:Class 2 (3-arc FP/FS), 
6:Class 1, 3:FiCon, 8:PDS, S2, A15

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[CVQ] Sri'kathri class Patrol Carrier
A Patrol Cruiser / Carrier combo that's the size of a Dreadnought.

TMV:180, NPV:626(*), Thrust 4, 36 DP, 9 CF
4:Fighter Bay, 2:Class 3 (3-arc FP/FS), 2:Class 2 (3-arc FP/FS), 2:Class
1,
2:FiCon, 6:PDS, 1:ADFC, S2, A8

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